Window envelope and addressed filler sheet assembly



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George Biek ATTORNEY United StatesPatent.

Patented June 21, 1930 WINDOW ENVELOPE AND ADDRESSED FILLER SHEETASSEMBLY George Biek, 3174 29th St., Astoria, NY. Filed May 10, 1957',Ser. No. 658,265

1 Claim. (Cl. 229-13 This invention relates to a window envelope andaddressed filler sheet assembly.

It is the principal object of the present invention to provide a windowenvelope and filler sheet assembly wherein two diife'rent addresses canbe positioned under one window in which the forwarding and returnaddresses on the filler sheet are typed along the same horizontal linesand on the same side of the filler sheet, thereby upon placing thereturn address on the sheet it is not necessary for the typist to removeor invert the sheet from or in the typewriter in order to place it at adiiferent location.

It is another object of the invention to provide a window envelope andfiller sheet assembly whereby the fold ing of the filler sheet is alwaysthe same for both addresses while allowing the addresses to be on thesame horizontal lines upon the sheet.

It is still another object of the invention to provide a return windowenvelope and addressed filler sheet assembly wherein but a singlecentrally disposed window is necessary for displaying either theforwarding or return address, and wherein this centrally disposed windowopening is centrally disposed at one side of the envelope and near tothe usual location for addresses upon envelope.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a window envelope andaddressed filler sheet assembly which does not require any refolding ofthe filler sheet to place it into the envelope for its return whereinthe message is placed on the same side of the sheet as the addresses andwhich merely requires the inverting of the folded filler sheet inplacing it in the same envelope with the single centralized window forits return to the sender.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a window envelope andfiller sheet assembly having the above objects in mind, which is ofsimple construction, inexpensive to manufacture, efficient andconvenient to use, in which only one address is displayed to prevent anychance of confusing addresses, of pleasing appearance, easy to handle,reduces time and labor in handling of correspondence, and eifects agreat saving in filler sheet and envelope cost.

For a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to thefollowing detailed description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan View of the front of the envelope with the forwardingaddress of the filler sheet appearing in the window opening,

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan view of the top of the filler sheet withthe forwarding and return addresses at the top of the sheet andhorizontally aligned with one another,

Fig. 3 is a plan view illustrating the manner in which the filler sheetis placed in the envelope to display the return address, and

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the envelope inverted with the return addressappearing in the window opening.

Referring now to the figures, .10 represents an elongated windowenvelope having a window opening 11 cendresses at the diflierent times.

2 trally disposed at one side of the front of the envelope and a closureflap 12 which may be folded into the insertion opening along one edge ofthe envelope. The window 11 is located between upper and lower edges ofthe envelope along the medial longitudinal line and at one side of thetransverse medial line thereof. On the front of this envelope areappropriate legends giving instructions as to how the envelope may beused. A thin transparent sheet is provided over the opening and insidethe envelope in the usual manner. -A filler or letter sheet 13 hearingforwarding and sender addresses 14 and 15 and lines 16 along which amessage may be written is folded along a fold line 17, with its addressbearing face being forward and at the front. The address face having theforwarding and return addresses arranged in horizontal and co-linearalignment with one another on the longitudinal medial line of the faceand on the opposite sides of the medial transverse line thereof withrespect to one another. Below the fold line 17 a return message can bewritten. When the filler sheet is folded along the fold line 17 andinserted in the envelope 10 in the manner as shown in Fig. :1 theforwarding address .14 will appear. The assembly will thus be sent tothis address. On receipt of the envelope the filler sheet will have beenremoved, unfolded and a return message placed below the fold line .17.The filler sheet is then refolded on this same fold line 1'7 and fromthe same direction and in the same manner in which it had been folded tobe sent and then by simply inverting the filler sheet as illustrated inFig. 3 and inserting it in the reverse manner within the envelope thesenders address 15 will appear in the window opening 11 as shown in Fig.4. By virtue of the fact that the addresses are spaced from the upperedge of the address face of the filler sheet and the same distance fromthe lower edge thereof of fold line and with the window opening 11 beingcentralized between the upper and lower edges of the envelope each ofthe addresses will always automatically appear in the window openingv14. The envelope, when refilled with the filler sheet bearing thereturn message is as shownin Fig. 3 held in the same position as whenfilled as when the forwarding message was inserted as in Fig. 1.However, to read the return or senders address the envelope is simplyinverted as shown in Fig. 4. The window opening is on the left side forsending the message and will be on the right side for the return of themessage.

The advantage of this assembly is that in typing the addresses on thetiller sheet they can be located at the same elevation on the same faceof the sheet and not at different elevations and that only one window inthe' envelope is required to separately display the two ad- A furtheradvantage is that the filler sheet upon being used for the returnmessage does not have to be folded differently to display the returnmessage. The filler sheet for the return message is folded alongthe samefold line 17 and in the same direction. The re-user of the assembly doesnot need to be taught any different manner of folding: thefiller sheetto send the return message. There-user merely places the same foldedsheet so that the return address appears. This is all that the returnuser needs to do to send the return message to the original sender.There are no two addresses which have to be checked for two windows aswith prior assemblies.

It should now be apparent that there has been provided a simple returnwindow envelope and filler sheet assembly that keeps the cost of mailingto a minimum by using the same envelope for reply and the matter oftyping the forwarding and return addresses on the filler sheet is asimple operation.

While various changes may be made in the detail const ruction, it shallbe Understood that such changes shall be withinthe spirit. and scope ofthe present invention as defined by the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

Aereturn w'ind'ow envelope and addressed filler sheet assemblycomprising an elongated envelope having an address window centrallylocated between the upper and lower edges thereof and along the mediallongitudinalline and at one side of the transverse'medial line thereof,said envelope having a filler'opening along one edge thereof, and anaddressed filler sheet positioned inlsaid envelope, the address -face ofthe filler sheet having substantially the dimensions oft'h'e envelope,said face'bearingforwald ing and return addresses arranged in horizontaland coli'near alignment with one another on the longitudinal medial lineof the "face and on opposite sides of the medial transverse line thereofwith respect to one another whereby the return address may be made toappear through the window opening of the envelope by simply invertingthe filler sheet upon being reinserted in the envelope.

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